While other bands were spraying anarchy symbols on walls, Crass were explaining how anarchy could work. Are we too cynical for punk idealism in 2009?Twenty-five years ago, Crass played their last gig, in Aberdare in Wales. As the guitar shrapnel settled, so ended the astonishing existence of the world's only anarchist rock collective who formed as an extension of a stencil campaign. There's a great YouTube clip of a young and mod-like Penny Rimbaud, the eventual prime mover behind Crass, meeting...
Guardian Music — While other bands were spraying anarchy symbols on walls, Crass were explaining how anarchy could work. Are we too cynical for punk idealism in 2009?Twenty-five years ago... more info